The Six Swans

鈥淭he Six Swans.鈥� The Yellow Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London, New York, Bombay: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1906, pp. 4-8.

Tale Summary There was once a King who at long last had a beautiful daughter, and he gave her the name Fairer-than-a-Fairy. The fairies of his kingdom thought this was disrespectful, and when she was seven years old she was kidnapped along with her dog and cat by the eldest...

The Six Swans

鈥淭he Six Swans.鈥� The Fairy Book, Dinah Maria Mulock, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, pp. 216-221.

Tale Summary There once was a king who became lost in a forest, and was so desperate to find his way home that he made a promise to a witch that he would marry her daughter. The king already had six boys and a girl from a previous marriage, and...

The Six Swans

Brothers Grimm. "The Six Swans." Grimm鈥檚 Fairy Tales, illustrated by Walter Crane and E. H. Wehnert, Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1896.

Tale Summary There was once a King who met an old woman while lost in the woods. She was a witch and promised to show him the way out as long as he took her daughter for his bride. He had seven children from a previous marriage, six boys and...